A few years ago, I challenged my daughter Whitney to buy a Father’s Day gift for Eliot from the both of us that would give him a renewed interest in photography. He had been interested in photography most of his adult life but really didn’t keep up with all the digital aspects of it. Whitney suggested getting him a gift certificate to the International Center of Photography where he could take courses, but I said with our extensive travel schedule he would probably miss a number of classes.

Then Whitney came up with a solution that has turned out to be the everlasting gift. We bought Eliot a year’s subscription to www.lynda.com, an online video learning company that provides software, technology, creative, and business skills training to more than two million people worldwide through its comprehensive library of over 87,000 high-quality instructional videos taught by 250 recognized industry experts.

Eliot is totally addicted to Lynda.com. After the year-long gift subscription expired, Eliot renewed on his own because there was so much to learn. The great thing about Lynda.com is that you learn on your own time. I see Eliot on the site at night after work, during vacations, and even during the day when he needs to refererence some information when he is processing his work.

Lynda.com is led by co-founders Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, and president and CEO Eric Robison. Learn more about the lynda.com story at www.lynda.com/press and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lynda.

The catalog of courses offered include: 3D + animation, audio, business, design, developer, photography, video, and web.